{"id":43208,"date":"2025-05-19T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/43208\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:05:11","slug":"memphis-grizzlies-cam-spencer-suns-kevin-durant-get-technical-fouls-after-3rd-quarter-scuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/43208\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies&#8217; Cam Spencer, Suns&#8217; Kevin Durant get technical fouls after 3rd-quarter scuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> rookie Cam Spencer and Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant received technical fouls in the third quarter of Monday&#8217;s game at FedExForum after being separated during a confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The sequence started after Spencer knocked down a corner 3-pointer and turned in the direction of Durant to talk trash. Durant responded by kicking his leg out, attempting to kick or trip Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies bench and the players on the floor immediately noticed. Desmond Bane and Durant stood face-to-face after the Grizzlies shooting guard stepped in. Team staff and other players on the floor rushed in to separate Bane and Durant.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer&#8217;s technical foul was for taunting. He is receiving more playing time on Monday because the Grizzlies are without Luke Kennard and Vince Williams Jr.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth and final regular-season meeting between the Grizzlies and Suns this season.<\/p>\n<p>Damichael Cole is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at damichael.cole@commercialappeal.com. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2025\/03\/10\/cam-spencer-kevin-durant-echnical-foul-suns-grizzlies\/82247443007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cam Spencer, Kevin Durant get technical fouls in Suns-Grizzlies game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cam Spencer, Kevin Durant get technical fouls in Suns-Grizzlies game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies rookie Cam Spencer and Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant received technical fouls in the third quarter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,8675,497,294,938,1171,293,177,4070,6,472,1746,181,1299],"class_list":{"0":"post-43208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cam-spencer","10":"tag-desmond-bane","11":"tag-grizzlies","12":"tag-kevin-durant","13":"tag-luke-kennard","14":"tag-memphis","15":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","16":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-phoenix-suns","19":"tag-technical-fouls","20":"tag-the-grizzlies","21":"tag-vince-williams-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114535119225607656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}